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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000735

Plaistow North East

Plaistow North East is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,610 residents in Newham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Newham
8,610

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,657

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

15,708.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

31.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

52.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.7%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Baker's Arms, Waltham Forest11,798 residents · 33.1% owned · 52.4% no carPlumstead High Street, Greenwich11,064 residents · 36.2% owned · 46.9% no carBarking East, Barking and Dagenham9,133 residents · 46.5% owned · 40.7% no carDallow Road, Luton9,149 residents · 38.9% owned · 33.8% no carLoxford Park, Redbridge7,395 residents · 36.7% owned · 38.9% no carBury Park, Luton11,539 residents · 36.3% owned · 41.2% no car

Most similar within Newham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Plaistow Park, Newham7,724 residents · 28.7% owned · 51.4% no carEast Ham West, Newham8,900 residents · 28.6% owned · 52.0% no carManor Park North, Newham7,350 residents · 34.6% owned · 45.7% no carManor Park South, Newham8,357 residents · 33.0% owned · 49.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Plaistow North East

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Private rented35.3%
938 households
Owned31.6%
839 households
Social rented30.7%
815 households
Shared ownership2.2%
59 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Plaistow North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced39.7%
1,055 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement31.1%
826 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits10.5%
278 households
Semi-detached9.1%
243 households
Detached7.1%
188 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.5%
39 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
30 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Plaistow North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household52.7%
1,402 households
1 car or van in household36.7%
976 households
2 cars or vans in household8.8%
235 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.7%
46 households
Plaistow North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms35.2%
935 households
2 bedrooms27.4%
728 households
1 bedroom22.3%
593 households
4 or more bedrooms15.2%
403 households
Plaistow North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household54.3%
1,446 households
One-person household23.4%
623 households
Other household types22.3%
594 households
Plaistow North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household23.4%
622 households
2 people in household21.7%
578 households
3 people in household15.6%
416 households
4 people in household15.4%
410 households
5 people in household10.3%
275 households
6 people in household6.5%
173 households
8 or more people in household3.6%
96 households
7 people in household3.3%
89 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Plaistow North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.3%
1,830 residents
15–2922.7%
1,953 residents
30–4426.3%
2,262 residents
45–6421%
1,807 residents
65 and over8.8%
758 residents
Plaistow North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh53.1%
4,572 residents
White23%
1,982 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African16.3%
1,400 residents
Other ethnic group4.3%
374 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.3%
284 residents
Plaistow North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above36.7%
2,447 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications23.7%
1,578 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.8%
784 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.6%
706 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%
668 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.9%
259 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.4%
226 residents aged 16 and over
Plaistow North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.9%
3,793 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.2%
2,545 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.9%
327 residents aged 16 and over
Plaistow North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed16.9%
1,126 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students13.5%
899 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.3%
890 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.3%
885 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.8%
788 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.7%
778 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.9%
529 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.1%
473 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.5%
301 residents aged 16 and over
Plaistow North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.9%
4,214 residents
Good health34.1%
2,935 residents
Fair health11.8%
1,018 residents
Bad health3.9%
336 residents
Very bad health1.2%
107 residents
Plaistow North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.1%
7,584 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.9%
1,024 residents
Plaistow North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension38.1%
1,013 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.5%
892 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.7%
550 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.7%
177 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions1%
27 households
Plaistow North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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